I thought it would be interesting to compare what the boxes looked like before I began working on them and after I finished processing all the documents. So here are some pictures that do just that:
BEFORE AFTER
Some of the items in the "Before" boxes are not in the "After" boxes. They ended up here:
The Discard Box is used by every archivist for unnecessary materials. Those can be extra copies (after the first five) or things that really have no place in the collection. Most of the things in my discard box are the latter.